Chessgames.com: Chess Games Database & Community

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Oct 5-16 2020With World Champion Magnus Carlsen having easily secured the overall victory, GM Alireza Firouzja provided the drama, defeating GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda to win 2nd place. In doing so, Firouzja playing the best chess of his life has clearly made a career breakthrough.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteSt. Louis Rapid & Blitzlichess.org INTSep 15-19 2020 This 10-player online version of the annual event concluded with a tie for 1st Place between World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So, each of whom received $45,000.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteChampions Showdown Chess 9LXlichess.org INTSep 11-13 2020 This online 10-player rapid Chess960 single round-robin featured the strongest lineup: Carlsen, Kasparov, Caruana, Nakamura, So, Dominguez, Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave, Svidler, and Firouzja, and concluded with Carlsen and Nakamura as co-winners.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteMC Tour: Finalschess24.com INTAug 9-20 2020The lineup for the grand finale of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour consisted of Carlsen, Dubov, Nakamura, and Ding.Carlsen won the event, and the Tour, by defeating Nakamura in the final Armageddon tiebreak game.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteFIDE Online Olympiadchess.com INT July 25 - Aug 30 2020This large Online Rapid knockout event, held on the chess.com server, started off with 163 teams playing in the first stage. Teams India and Russia have been declared joint winners, after two Indian players lost their internet connection during the final round. TournamentPage - OfficialSiteMC Tour: Legends of Chesschess24.com INTJuly 21 - Aug 3 2020The 4th Rapid event of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour concluded with Carlsen defeating Nepomniachtchi in the final. The star-studded lineup also featured former World Champions Anand and Kramnik, as well as younger generation Ding and Giri, and veterans Svidler, Ivanchuk, Gelfand and Leko.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteBiel Grandmasters TriathlonBiel SUIJuly 19-29 2020Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the main event of the traditional Biel International Chess Festival. This OTB triathlon featured 8 GMs competing in all 3 time formats.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteLeon Masterschess24.com INTJuly 10-12 2020Leinier Dominguez Perez won this 4-player knockout, the online rapid version of the 33rd "Ciudad de Leon" Masters tournament, eliminating Maghsoodloo in the semifinal, then Santos, who eliminated Shirov, in the final.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteMC Tour: Chessable Masterschess24.com INTJune 20 - July 5 2020World Champion Magnus Carlsen eliminated Anish Giri in the final to win the 3rd Rapid event in the $1 million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. The 12-player $150,000 tournament featured the world's top six players, eight of the Top 10, six of the Candidates (plus Teimour Radjabov), the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge finalists Hikaru Nakamura and Daniil Dubov, and Tour debutants Harikrishna and Vladislav Artemiev.TournamentPage - OfficialSiteWorld Stars Sharjah Online InternationalICC INTJune 12-13 2020Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won this 6-player rapid double round robin with Harikrishna, Wojtaszek, Kasimdzhanov, Salem Saleh, and Amin Bassem.Tournament Page - OfficialSiteMrDodgy Invitationalchess24.com INTJune 12-14 2020Anish Giri prevailed over David Navara to win this 8-player blitz knockout tournament, also featuring Svidler, Korobov, Howell, Grandelius, Fressinet and Nielsen.Tournament Page - OfficialSiteClutch Internationallichess.org INTJune 6-14 2020The second Cluch Chess rapid knockout event organized by the St. Louis Chess Club featured a top-level international lineup of 8 players. Carlsen won the event, defeating Caruana in closely contested finals.Tournament Page - OfficialSiteIf you use Facebook, and like Chessgames, please give us a "like". It means a lot to us! Founded on an extensive database of historical chess games combined with discussion forums, Chessgames.com is the internet's first and foremost chess community, where players of every skill level are encouraged to participate. From novices to grandmasters, all members can learn from those who are stronger players, while guiding those who are less experienced. Register now. It's quick, free, and anonymous. This will allow you to "kibitz" in our discussion forums, make game collections, and use other powerful features. To search our chess database, fill out one or more fields on the form above, and click Find Chess Games! Please take a few minutes to read the Help Page. Thematic Challenge let members play each other by voting on moves. The game had turned into some sort of Traxler-Defense / Evans Gambit hybrid. Our new Analysis Laboratory is a playground of computer engine tools. Evaluate any position, variation, or entire game with our super-strong Stockfish dedicated server. (Premium members only.) We have a new chess viewer! Just select "Olga Viewer" from the pulldown menu under any game, and leave your feedback here. Our Opening Explorer now has a button to reveal analysis by the Stockfish chess engine for all major positions. Wondering when Kasparov last played, or need to find today's game by your favorite GM? Our new "Recent Games" column now found on player pages is a shortcut to the games they played last. The new Notable Games of All Time feature shows our members' picks for the best chess games across years, decades, and centuries! The Chess Book Forum is a member-moderated area for the discussion, research, and reviews of chess books. Our Similar Games link found on any game page is now greatly improved. Our revolutionary chess training tool, Guess-the-Move, now has over 14,000 games to choose from! If you haven't tried it, check out our free sample game Tal-Lutikov; it's almost like playing a grandmaster! After 6 months and 36 moves, The World Team defeated GM Arkadij Naiditsch at the Chessgames Challenge! See the game here. Premium Members can now search on Event (the most recent 100 major chess events) or on Endgame Type (pawn ending, rook ending, etc.) from the Advanced Search above. The Chessgames Challenge Simon Williams vs The World is now over after GM Williams resigned after the winning shot 33...Be3!! Congratulations to all who participated in this game and many thanks to GM Williams for being such a lively and creative adversary. We now have over 21,000 Game Collections compiled by our members. Chessgames member "Once" has published a collection of his stories related to our Puzzles of the Day, titled Once Upon a Chess Game and now available on Amazon in Kindle format. You can now pay for Chessgames premium membership with our new PayPal Checkout Page. GM Simon Williams has accepted the Chessgames Challenge! Sign up for the game today and join the massive World Team and attempt to take down a grandmaster! The World vs GM Akobian is over; Akobian resigned on move 35. Congratulations to the 1400+ people on the Chessgames World Team for defeating one of the USA's strongest grandmasters! Our Chess Gift Page allows you to give the gift of chess, by purchasing an account for another Chessgames member. Our New Tournaments Page now displays the latest chess events added by our staff, plus historical tournaments being organized by members. This allows us to have kibiziting on famous historical events such as Hastings (1895) and AVRO (1938). By popular vote of Chessgames members, the Thematic Challenge was the Albin Countergambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5). After 40 moves, the game was drawn. You can see the game here: Team White vs Team Black (2012). Thanks to everybody for joining us during the Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship, and special thanks to our very special guests, WGM Natalia Pogonina and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Our Live Broadcast Page now has special enhancements for mobile devices such as Androids and iPhones. Be sure to check out the new Chessgames Store, a veritable chess supermarket complete with sets, boards, clocks, books, DVDs--anything your chess-loving heart can imagine! Chessgames Challenge VII is over! The Chessgames Challenge pits world-class grandmasters against teams of thousands of chess fans. The gauntlet was laid down, and GM Varuzhan Akobian was brave enough to accept the challenge. After 32 moves the Chessgames team managed to draw this world-class grandmaster. Congratulations! USCF members, be sure to check out the article about Chessgames and the Chessgames Challenge, Brave New World: Human Intuition and Computer-assisted Chess, in the August 2011 issue of Chess Life. Have a question about chess history? Spot an error on a player biography? Want to exchange stories with other chess history buffs? Check out the new Biographer Bistro. The World vs Natalia Pogonina game is over; after 62 moves it was drawn. Congratulations to both GM Pogonina and the World Team for their fine performances. Our new Hot Games feature shows you what games people have been interested in lately. The list appears to the right, below "Example Searches." Our Pun Submission Page is back online, along with our Pun Voting Booth. Note that this is now a permanent site feature and no longer a contest. The new "My Favorites" feature allows you to track your favorite Chessgames members. We now have completed our History of the World Chess Championship, a historical overview of the most coveted title in chess. We now have new powerful hardware to better serve our members. Thanks to all of the premium members who made this upgrade possible. Our new Game Collections Page allows you to search for game collections by keyword. Each day, you can sample the powerful Repertoire Explorer for free! Just click on the Player of the Day, and follow the links by the magnifying glass to fully explore his or her openings. For more information on premium membership, please see our Premium Membership Page. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the links below! Go to our registration page and get a free account today: you'll be able to make posts ("kibitzing"), start game collections, participate in our regular contests, and so much more!For beginning chess players, studying a Carlsen game is like wanting to be an electrical engineer andbeginning with studying an iPhone. The Tournament Index is a chronological catalog of major chess tournaments from the 1800s to present day. The ChessBookie game lets you wager play-money on real world chess events, and win cool prizes. The Chessgames Tour is a slideshow demonstrating the many features available to Chessgames Premium Members for only pennies a day. Our Chess Gift Page allows you to give the gift of chess, by purchasing an account for another Chessgames member. Do you have an important chess game that we are missing? See our PGN Upload Utility.

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